The
following is the UFO Report of Alexander G. Globa, a Russian
sailor and engineer, who observed a UFO over the Mediterranean
Sea at close quarters through binoculars in June 1984.
This report was included in a declassified CIA UFO File
on Soviet UFO sightings. The UFO reminded him of 'an upside-down
frying pan' and had a grayish metallic shine. The lower
portion of the craft had a precise round shape, its diameter
no more than twenty meters. Many lights illuminated its
bottom portion.

Source:
Robert Morningstar/Paul Stonehill

The
following is the UFO Report of Alexander G. Globa, a Russian
sailor and engineer, who observed a UFO over the Mediterranean
Sea at close quarters through binoculars in June 1984.
This report was included in a declassified CIA UFO File
on Soviet UFO Sightings. It was also included in Water
UFOs. It is considered by many to be one of the best reports
of the internal structure of a UFO ever recorded. From
the files of and editorial notes by Robert Morningstar.

In
June 1984, the Soviet tanker Gori was in the Mediterranean,
twenty nautical miles from the Straight of Gibraltar.
At 16:00, Alexander G. Globa was on duty. With him was
Second-in-Command S. Bolotov. They were standing watch
at the left bridge extension wing when both men observed
a strange polychromatic object.

When
the object was astern, it stopped suddenly. S. Bolotov
was agog, shaking his binoculars and shouting: "It
is a flying saucer, a real saucer, my God, hurry, hurry,
look!" Globa looked through his own binoculars
and saw, at a distance over the stern, a flattened out
looking object (it did remind him of an upside-down frying
pan). The UFO was gleaming with a grayish metallic shine.
The lower portion of the craft had a precise round shape,
its diameter no more than twenty meters. Around the lower
portion of it Globa also observed "waves"
of protuberances on the outside plating.

The
base of the object's body consisted of two semi-discs,
the smaller being on top; they slowly revolved in opposing
directions. At the circumference of the lower disc, Globa
saw numerous shining, bright, bead-like lights. The seaman's
attention was centered on the bottom portion of the UFO.

It
looked as if it was completely even and smooth, its color
that of a yolk, and in the middle of it, Globa discerned
a round, nucleus-like stain. Editor's Note: The "yolk"
color inside the bottom is obviously that yellow glow
or amber light so often described. This observation took
place during the day.

At
the edge of the UFO's bottom, which was easily visible,
was something that looked like a pipe. It glowed with
an unnaturally bright rosy color, like a neon lamp. The
top of the middle disc was crowned by a triangular-shaped
something. It seemed that it moved in the same direction
as the lower disc, but at a much slower pace.

Suddenly,
the UFO jumped up several times, as if moved by an invisible
wave. Many lights illuminated its bottom portion. The
crew of GORI tried to attract the object's attention using
a signal projector. By that time, Captain Sokolovky was
on the deck with his men. He and his Second-in-Command
were watching the object intensely.

However,
the UFO's attention was distracted by another ship, approaching
at the port side. It was an Arab dry cargo ship, on its
way to Greece. The Arabs confirmed that the object hovered
over their ship. A minute and a half later, the object
changed its flight's trajectory, listed to the right,
gained speed and ascended rapidly. The Soviet seamen observed
that when it rose through the clouds, appearing and disappearing
again, it would occasionally shine in the sun's rays.
The craft then flared up, like a spark, and was gone instantly.